Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

So, it was time to verify the intelligence. What had Bawanshi learned from Beryl that warranted his mentioning this?

"Someone, tell the Fairy Knight Tristan (hereafter referred to as Tristan the Fairy) to come to me. And have Beryl wait outside, too."

"Hum~hum~"

Yao Cui was overjoyed when she heard Morgan's pager. It had been ages since she'd seen her mother alone. Most of the time, Morgan was busy with government affairs, and when they did meet, it was always for work. The thought of seeing her soon sparked a soft humming, and she tiptoed toward the palace, twirling like a dancer.

"Don't be too happy too soon."

The man with glasses who looked a little sloppy followed Yao Cui's footsteps and said, "Maybe you did something to make Morgan unhappy again. Why don't you think about what you haven't done well recently?"

After hearing the man's words, Yao Cui suddenly lost his spirit.

"Beryl, can't you say something nice? I've been trying to be a good princess according to my mother's wishes."

"I can't help it. Morgan is always so strict."

Beryl smiled wryly at Yao Cui and said, "Don't worry, I will speak up for you when the time comes. After all, I am the Queen's husband."

"Although my mother never objected, I don't think she sees you that way."

Yao Cui stared at Beryl, the person closest to her besides her mother. Beryl was the only one who had always been by her side. It was her mother's indifferent attitude towards Beryl that made her have other thoughts and feelings.

When the two of them walked before the throne, the centaur knights who were serving as guards stopped Beryl.

"Her Majesty the Queen has ordered that only the Fairy Knight Tristan may proceed. Lord Beryl, please wait a moment. The Queen will summon you in due course. For now, please spend some time in the side hall. We have prepared cakes and fruit."

"It seems I can't help you."

Beryl shook his head helplessly. Generally speaking, it would not be a good thing if parents sent others away to see their children alone. They would either discuss major events that would affect their lives, or provide them with love education.

"It seems Morgan is quite angry now."

Yao Cui also felt that Morgan met with her alone and sent Beryl away specifically because he was planning to scold her. If she saw Morgan's disappointed expression, she felt it would be more painful than killing herself.

"No wow!"

Although she was very resistant in her heart, her body still drove her to walk towards the throne to meet Megan.

"Mother."

Even though his body was trembling, Yao Cui still completed the etiquette and greeted Morgan.

"Don't be afraid. I asked you to come here today just to test you. You've been with Beryl for a long time. Have you learned anything?"

Morgan waved his hand, signaling Yao Cui to come to him.

"Like magic, spells, or something like that?"

This question, which seemed like a sign of concern for her life, immediately perked up Yao Cui. She felt the need to show off in front of Morgan. If she could get Morgan's approval, it would be even more exciting than collecting tens or even hundreds of pairs of exquisite high heels. She nodded rapidly, "Mother, yes, I'll show you right away!"

"Beryl is really good. He couldn't learn this spell himself, but he still tried his best to teach me."

Although Yao Cui's goal has always been to become a cruel fairy, this guy's nature is still difficult to change. At this time, she even wanted to say a few good words for Beryl in front of Morgan.

As he spoke, Yao Cui found a centaur knight standing guard outside.

"come here!"

After seeing Morgan nod, the Centaur Knight came before the Amyrlin Throne. The unfortunate guy knew what was going to happen next.

Yao Cui extended her hand toward the knight. Ominous magical power swirled around her fingertips, and the chilling aura made Yao Cui shudder. However, to better demonstrate herself, she increased the output of her magical power: "Mother, please watch my performance! This is a spell that can strip and manipulate the soul..."

"enough!"

Megan shouted sharply as she watched the spell.

"But... Mother, I haven't..."

Yao Cui didn't know why her mother suddenly changed her attitude. This was an expression she had never seen before. It was completely different from the disappointment she had shown before. This was an expression of anger.

"I said, stop!"

Morgan struck the ground with the staff in his hand, and a huge amount of magic power spread out, abruptly interrupting Yao Cui's spell.

Yao Cui felt only a sharp pain in her palm. Morgan's magic had intruded into her body in the opposite direction, causing her to cough up blood. Yet, for some reason, Yao Cui felt a sense of relief. But she didn't have time to dwell on it. The feeling of grievance had already welled up within her.

"I'm sorry, Mother. I'm sorry."

She didn't know what she had done wrong, but she wouldn't ask Morgan and just apologize.

Morgan grasped Yao Cui's hand and carefully examined her body with her magic before she breathed a sigh of relief. She now understood why Jiang You had emphasized what Yao Cui had learned from Beryl. This spell, a soul-corrupting curse, was indeed a powerful one, but the cost was even greater. The user's soul decayed along with their body, until they lost all senses. It was more of a vicious curse than a spell.

Beryl was deceiving Yao Cui when he said he couldn't use it. It's not that he couldn't learn it, but that he didn't dare to use it!

Morgan's sudden intimacy left Yao Cui bewildered. She felt as if she had suddenly fallen into hell and then soared through the clouds. Was her mother's mood swings also something she needed to learn from?

"My daughter, I have something for you to do."

Morgan gave Yao Cui several kinds of protection. She wanted Yao Cui to learn something. "Can you do it?"

"Mother, leave it to me!"

Yao Cui patted her chest and decided that she would definitely complete Morgan's instructions and might even get praised.

"Very well, then—"

Morgan looked towards the side hall, her eyes filled with murderous intent. She was willing to give up the entire fairy kingdom for Yao Cui, but someone wanted to destroy what she cherished most.

"—Go ahead, Beryl, and kill him!"

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Chapter 214: Morgan, if you spoke nicely, there wouldn’t be so many troubles.

"Kill Beryl?"

Yao Cui never dreamed that this would be the name that came out of his mother Morgan's mouth. You know, Beryl was one of the only two people she cared about. Beryl spent much more time with him than Morgan, and she had long been dependent on Beryl.

"Isn't he your husband, mother? And you were the one who asked me to study with him. Why..."

"You are still as naive as ever!"

Morgan looked so disappointed in herself that she recalled Yao Cui's past lives, where she had been easily deceived. Even now, as a cruel demon, she was still deceived. Morgan had failed to catch up every time. If it weren't for Jiang You's reminder, this time, and the last time, Yao Cui's ending would have been even more tragic. Why couldn't she be more selfish? "Kill Beryl. That's an order! Also, forget that spell. I don't allow you to use it!"

Beryl lay on the disgusting sofa in Huali Road and tasted fruits from all over. He was not used to it at first, but now he is at ease.

When he saw the distraught Yao Cui appear before him, he was overjoyed. He was somewhat similar to a cheerful version of Kotomine Kirei, finding joy in the suffering of others. He could sense Morgan's magical fluctuations even from here; Yao Cui must have been scolded again. However, he still pretended to be concerned, "Little Princess, what happened?"

"Beryl, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Yao Cui did not answer, she just stood there crying.

Beryl suddenly had a bad feeling, because a powerful magic was locking onto him. He was very familiar with the wavelength of this magic, it was Morgan's magic.

The demon Cui took out the bow she had crafted, modeled after Tristan's weapon from pan-human history, and placed her fingers on the strings, but she couldn't pluck them. She could have ravaged other demons with impunity, but now she couldn't muster a single ounce of strength.

"Beryl, tell me, what exactly is this magic you taught me? It's clearly a very cruel spell that can make me hear more screams and bathe in more blood. I also tried very hard to learn it, but why is my mother angry?"

Beryl broke out in a cold sweat. Yao Cui didn't know the spell's effects, but how could Morgan not know? She was the one who had analyzed Chaldea's technological crystal, Soul Transfer, in a single night. Morgan could understand the spell's essence with just one glance, but Beryl still struggled. "Perhaps it's too crude, unworthy of public display? Morgan and I have a vastly different magical talent... this kind of thing?"

Only Yao Cui would believe such a fake excuse. Beryl's words made her burst into tears. "It's because I didn't satisfy Mother, and even implicated you, Beryl. I really can't do anything to you!"

Beryl: "..."

Even this person didn't expect that Yao Cui would really believe it. But what's the use of Yao Cui believing it? Morgan has already seen his true intentions. He doesn't think he can escape safely from the King of the Lostbelt. Now the whole of Britain is under Morgan's control. Where can he run to?

Morgan couldn't hold it back either. There was a reason why this child was sold in every life and had a tragic ending. Making her learn cruel ways of dealing with the world couldn't bring her back.

"Why don't you do it?"

Even if she was just sitting on the throne, Morgan could see the situation in the side hall clearly. Yao Cui's hesitation and naivety gave her a headache.

"Mother, if this is my fault, feel free to punish me. I asked Beryl to teach me the spell. He was just trying to help me."

Yao Cui cherishes the connection between the two of them very much. If she is destined to hurt someone, she decides to hurt herself.

Morgan covered his head.

"Come, take the Fairy Knight Tristan back to her mansion. This is confinement. She is not allowed to leave the room without my permission! Then, throw Beryl in the death cell and keep him under strict guard! I will personally seal him!"

Morgan will not kill Beryl herself. She needs Beryl to be the nourishment for Yao Cui's growth. As Morgan's successor, Yao Cui can't be killed so easily again.

"Master Morgan, is there something wrong with that spell? You know my abilities are limited, I really can't learn it..."

Beryl was still pretending to be stupid, but Morgan would never listen to his nonsense, so he used magic to block Beryl's mouth.

"Tristan!"

Morgan was not comfortable calling Yao Cui by his real name when there were soldiers around. "Listen carefully, you stay home and reflect on your actions. You are not allowed to come out until you figure it out!"

"So, you put Yao Cui in solitary confinement without saying anything?"

Jiang You covered her face as she listened to Morgan's description. It wasn't her fault that Yao Cui had misunderstood Morgan's meaning, thinking that Morgan was disappointed in her. "Why don't you explain it? Are you happy being a riddle man? This is your first time being a mother... well, haha, this is a little different in human history. It really is your first time."

On the third day of Yao Cui's confinement, Jiang You kept his promise and summoned Morgan in a duel. Morgan had confirmed the facts Jiang You said, allowing Jiang You to officially obtain her card.

Then she talked to Jiang You about what happened above.

"She is my designated successor. She has to think things through herself."

Morgan doesn't think there's anything wrong with doing so.

"So you let her hang out with that scumbag Beryl?"

Jiang You looked at Morgan with sidelong glances. This guy was a strong woman who was so busy with her career that she neglected her daughter's education. By the time she came to her senses, her daughter was about to be abducted by the ghost fire boy.

"I understand you wanting her to protect herself. After all, it's tragic to have a bad ending for several lifetimes because of kindness. But can becoming cruel really protect her? Won't that speed up her death?"

"You know so little about goblins."

Morgan shook his head. The thinking of pan-human history couldn't be applied to the fairy kingdom. "Fairies only act according to their own desires and interests. Only absolute strength that instills fear in them can convince them."

Jiang You thought so too. The great villains of this group of monsters were indeed of pure British descent. Killing two more monsters might even increase their merits.

"But Yao Cui is only known for her brutality. What about her absolute strength?"

Jiang You pointed out the key point, without even considering the other two knights of the Round Table: one the Crimson Disaster, the other the Black Disaster. Yao Cui was a disgrace. Although she eventually resurrected the corpse as a priestess of the Horned God, her own strength was still ridiculously weak.

"Forget it. It's not very reliable to rely on a busy man like you."

Jiang You shrugged. It wasn't that he didn't want to pay attention to Yao Cui. She just had too many things to maintain, and no one could share her pressure.

"Yao Cui is short of someone now, right? Let me do it."

"you?"

Morgan looked at Jiang You. Not only did the Fairy Nation reject the Heroic Spirits of Pan-Human History, but she also wasn't sure what Jiang You was thinking. The only person who had treated her unconditionally well over the years was Ba Wanxi's previous previous previous previous... previous life.

Jiang You understood what Morgan meant, but trust was something easy for him to achieve, just like the situation on Illya's side.

"You know the effects of my Noble Phantasm, right? I can use the Dark Game to restrain myself. How about that?"

215

Chapter 215 Morgan, don’t you want a “Merlin”?

"You actually managed to come here."

Morgan truly needed someone to watch over the demon Cui. Almost all the fairies in the Fairy Kingdom couldn't be trusted. So, as Jiang You had said, there was nothing to lose by giving it a try. She took the blank card Jiang You handed her and tried to summon it as a relic. Jiang You then successfully activated another scenario.

"To be honest, I was quite surprised."

Jiang You’s surprise was that this collaboration was too big. It felt like the entire Type-Moon world was moved here by Dog K.

"I thought that since none of the heroic spirits in pan-human history knew me, then perhaps I couldn't be considered a heroic spirit in pan-human history. I didn't expect that to be the case."

"You're not a Heroic Spirit from pan-human history...?"

Morgan didn't expect this to be the reason. No wonder Jiang You was confident that he could come over.

"Alright, this isn't important," Jiang You dropped the topic, which was destined to lead nowhere. He'd come here to gain favor and get a deck. Who wouldn't be tempted by a powerful deck with girl cards? Especially since it also included dragons and machines? So, let's take it one step at a time, starting with Yao Cui. "I know you won't trust me so easily. If you want me to assist Yao Cui, I'll have to show some appreciation. So, let's start the dark game. Come, bind me with the rules!"

In a meaningless duel...

"You are not allowed to harm Yao Cui, and you are not allowed to deceive Yao Cui. Are you sure that this is all that is needed? It feels too broad, and there may be room for manipulation."

Jiang You felt his legs weaken after losing the Dark Game. Morgan thoughtfully used magic to construct a chair behind him, so that he wouldn't have to look so embarrassing.

"You could actually ask for something a bit more extreme. For example, whether my Noble Phantasm is effective on you is entirely up to you. You know, I'm incredibly weak except for this Noble Phantasm."

In fact, Morgan had already prepared for Jiang You to have other purposes, such as tricking her into playing a dark game.

However, the throne beneath her gave her considerable confidence. Sitting on it, she was practically omnipotent in this Lostbelt. But she hadn't expected Jiang You to give up resistance so easily, allowing the rules of the Dark Game to bind him. She confirmed again and again that this strange treasure was indeed a rule-level, quasi-enforceable contract, which meant Jiang You.